--- title: #36 | Sunday reads for EMs | daily.dev description: A weekly curated reading list for engineering managers covering: the case for a single stack-ranked priority list to force hard trade-offs, Conway's Law and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/2d6vgiuri twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: #36 | Sunday reads for EMs | daily.dev og:description: A weekly curated reading list for engineering managers covering: the case for a single stack-ranked priority list to force hard trade-offs, Conway's Law and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/2d6vgiuri og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2D6VGIUrI.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # #36 | Sunday reads for EMs **[Stephane Moreau](https://daily.dev/sources/ld3qs65tsjruwey40hj4p)** · [@stmoreau](https://daily.dev/stmoreau) · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A weekly curated reading list for engineering managers covering: the case for a single stack-ranked priority list to force hard trade-offs, Conway's Law and how org structure shapes architecture, a taxonomy of three bad manager archetypes, why OKRs beat Deming's statistical process control in practice, the importance of rest for learning and synthesis, and how AI is elevating 'glue work' skills like coordination and judgment as the most valuable competencies in software teams. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [5 things every EM must read/listen/watch](https://daily.dev/posts/5-things-every-em-must-read-listen-watch-qp6bwqzam) · Manager.dev · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#leadership](https://daily.dev/tags/leadership), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/2d6vgiuri) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/2d6vgiuri","headline":"#36 | Sunday reads for EMs","text":"Shared: #36 | Sunday reads for EMs","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/2d6vgiuri","datePublished":"2026-02-22T12:52:21.887Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T02:18:00.855Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Stephane Moreau","url":"https://daily.dev/stmoreau","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocJe5l4RcMM86d5Sjq5jiAnM75yewxpRhegwj5IkYtlCbegq=s96-c","description":"Senior Engineering Manager | Join 10,000+ Leaders in my Blog for Engineering Managers","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":2650}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--OHB84bZF--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2010","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/fmGsnMtZ1"},"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/ld3qs65tsjruwey40hj4p","name":"Stephane Moreau"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Stephane Moreau","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/ld3qs65tsjruwey40hj4p"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"#36 | Sunday reads for EMs"}]} ```